The Witness
1978 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 433 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Pierre Mocky
Overview
An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker with political views on the town hall, who hides, under an affable air and an irreproachable dignity, a libertine and cynical temperament. Charged by the notable with the restoration of paintings exhibited in the cathedral, the artist calls on Cathy, a young girl from the choir, to serve as his model. The young girl will be found dead a few hours after their interview, near one of Robert's properties.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,279 lines
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00:00:25 Excuse me... Where is the hotel "Morisson"?
00:03:42 But what you have done to these paintings?! It is all ...
00:07:49 Yes... But I find them. How do I find them? clean and then...
00:10:42 - Why? Did you need money? - No!
00:13:21 Tonight, if you like, we could have dinner together.
00:16:35 What match?
00:19:57 I'm done for! Nathalie, you'll be modeling! Get down! Go home! Go!
00:24:45 Good evening, madam.
00:28:16 - What d'you mean, nobody? - Well, she didn't come home yesterday.
00:31:22 That's what I asked myself:
00:34:23 That's where you go in the evenings, with a light heart...
00:39:37 What's the matter?
00:42:40 Do you know what the guillotine is?
00:46:16 Alright... You search the groundfloor, I'll go upstairs.
00:49:39 As a matter of fact
00:52:59 .. a lover.
00:56:48 Pig!
01:00:00 you know...
01:03:33 So, nobody came to you that evening, not even Mr. Berti?
01:09:10 Because... one evening, in my car, she took the initiative...
01:14:23 No, you had gone over a line
01:18:09 - He... - He tried to undress you?
01:21:02 - Oh, your wife knows about it? - She knew everything already
01:24:55 He confessed it to me, Superintendent. He was sick.
Cast & Characters
Alberto Sordi
Antonio Berti
Philippe Noiret
Robert Maurisson
Roland Dubillard
Commissaire Guérin
Gisèle Préville
Louise Maurisson
Sandra Dobrigna
Cathy Massys
Paul Crauchet
Le père de Cathy
Gérard Hoffman
L'inspecteur Henri Marquet
Madeleine Colin
Mademoiselle Valentine
Consuelo Ferrara
Hélène
Paul Muller
Le beau-frère de Maurisson
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,279
Dialogue density14.2 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line01:24:55
Production Record
DirectorJean-Pierre Mocky
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes433